HIV and AIDS Management Unit

The expanded and accelerated national response requires a greater involvement by ministries,
parastatals, the private sector, NGOs and faith-based organisations, in fact from all off the
society. Grouping organisations by sector builds partnerships with common interests and provides
opportunities to share resources and common experience. Some sectors are already having regular
meetings with partners to discuss issues of sector interests. On such committees' agendas,
HIV and AIDS will be included as a regular agenda sectionto cover the following responsibilities
and tasks. In other sectors, the ministerial HIV and AIDS Committee will be expanded to include
key actors from the sector. The obligations and commitments of each sector are spelt out in the
medium term plan 2004-2009, MTPIII.

• In the centre of Sectoral Steering Committee are the working groups. The members are from
  Ministry directorates, NGOs, FBOs and Development Partners. Four working groups are in place
  that meet on a monthly basis or as required: Enabling environment
• Prevention
• Treatment, Care and Support and Impact Mitigation
• HIV/AIDS Management Response
  
  

The education sector objective is as follows:

"To reduce the transmission of HIV, mitigating its social and economic impact of AIDS in the Namibian
Education system at all levels."

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